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Offline Fester

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« on: April 28, 2011, 10:47:56 pm »
Not John Tenta ..(aka Earthquake in pic 1), ...or in picture 2, as the short lived character Golga ..... The only real Mr Big, is Shirley Crabtree in picture THREE

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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 08:20:49 am »
Surely the REAL Mr Big was Martin Ruane AKA Giant Haystacks?  Almost 7 foot tall and with a fighting weight of near 50 stone.   Sadly no longer with us and probably scrapping in Wrestling Heaven with the Kids and Grannies' favouite, Big Daddy!
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 08:38:12 am »
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Surely the REAL Mr Big was Martin Ruane AKA Giant Haystacks?

ITV's wrestling on Saturday afternoons would often conclude with a performance by him and Crabtree, which inevitably followed the same formula: BD would be nimbler, more effective and simply smarter in the first round, then GH would cheat, sneak and swindle his way to what seemed to be imminent victory in rounds 2 and 3, before BD would somehow - at apparently the final gasp - surmount the malevolence of GH and conclusively defeat him, with an ingenious 'move'.

I think what used to be so entertaining, however, was that although you knew the outcome was determined beforehand, the potential for something to go wrong, given the size and sheer mass of the two involved, was enormous, and always generated a feeling of real excitement.
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 08:43:52 am »
My first wrestling "hero" was Bert Assirati who I used to watch at the outside wrestling arena at Beacontree Heath.  Bartolomeo Esserati (real name) was an English professional wrestler who became a multiple time British Heavyweight Champion, and, posthumously, a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. He was known for displaying various feats of strength, including setting a British record in 1938 by lying on his back, and pulling over at arms length a two hundred pound barbell. At 240 pounds, Assirati was one of the heaviest men to perform the iron cross.  What a guy!    ZXZ
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 09:10:43 am »
The thing was that professional wrestling, despite fixed outcomes, was genuinely entertaining, and the blokes that participated were incredibly good at what they did.
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2011, 12:18:47 am »
Bert Assirati was well known amongst his fellow wrestlersat the time as the hardest man on the circuit, and a man NOT to be messed with.
Yes it was meant to be staged, but this man would hurt you.
Les Kellett was a similar type in the 1970's

Ian, your memory of bouts between Haystacks and Daddy is flawed I think, I saw many of them, and basically they just ran and bumped into each other, belly to belly for 3 rounds, until Haystacks collapsed.  Magic stuff.

We are way off topic, so lets have a seperate WRESTLING thread, so we can discuss this properly.
Then wrestling anoraks like Dave R, Yorkie and I can run wild !!!!   OOHHH YEAH !!!


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« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2011, 07:46:43 am »
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Ian, your memory of bouts between Haystacks and Daddy is flawed I think, I saw many of them, and basically they just ran and bumped into each other, belly to belly for 3 rounds, until Haystacks collapsed.

Well, his size and Haystack's mass made subtle and more ambitious moves very difficult, but he specifically teamed up with Haystacks so that he could play the 'good guy' against Haystack's 'baddie', often in tag teams, where he would 'rescue' his comparatively light-weight partner from Haystack's 'sneakiness' in what were - in reality - pretty formulaic bouts.  But he was a real loss to the world of entertainment, when he retired after killing an opponent.

But it was the scripting of matches - or at least, their outcomes - that probably finished pro wrestling in the long run, I suspect.  Which was sad, since they provided terrific entertainment and were hugely enjoyable. 
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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2011, 07:47:18 am »
I didn't think you were old enough to remember Bert!   You must have been but a gleam in your Father's eye!    ;D
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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2011, 09:43:40 am »
I don't remember him personally, but my Father-in-Law goes on about him all the time.

My Father in Law used to train and socialise with lots of the wrestlerson the Northern circuit,  (Daddy, Alan Dennison etc...) and they all hailed Assirati as the main man.

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« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2011, 10:52:09 am »
I was always amused by the Annual "needle match" between Mick McManus and Jackie Pallo just before the Cup Final.  This was a real fight that emanated from a 5 year fued created when, on once occasion, McManus leapt out of the ring and kissed Pallo's wife.   The fued was even continued into the 1970's with Pallo's Son!    ZXZ
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2011, 08:43:20 am »
Classic!     $thanx$
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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2011, 08:18:55 pm »
Fester may disagree but I think Diamond Dallas Page was toooooooo cooooool:

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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2011, 08:41:50 pm »
In my view, one of the most underrated U.S. wrestlers of the 1990s, 'The Career Killer' Mike Awesome, who sadly committed suicide in 2007:

The Top Ten Moves of Mike Awesome

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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2011, 09:16:09 pm »
The Clown (and cleverest) of them all must be the Ballet Dancing Ricky Starr.  Here is what must be the funniest wrestling video ever!

THE MOST HILARIOUS WRESTLING MATCH EVER !
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